Fast Forward 2017 / Projections:
12. 12. 2017 / 18:30h / KIC – Dodest Scene / Podgorica
Branko Schmidt, Croatia, 2017, 80′
Director: Branko Schmidt
Screenplay: Ivo Balenović, Sandra Antolić, Branko Schmidt
Director of Photography: Dragan Ruljančić
Editor: Hrvoje Mršić
Sound: Ognjen Popić, Zoran Maksimović
Costume design: Vedrana Rapić
Production design: Damir Gabelica
Producer: Stanislav Babić
Cast: Daria Lorenci Flatz, Goran Bogdan, Ivana Gulin, Nela Kocsis, Pavle Čemerikić, Denis Murić
Synopsis
Agape tells the story of a pedophile priest and his love triangle with two catechumens, one of whom is in love with him, while the other the priest yearns for – and over whom he loses his mind. When the priest is sanctioned by the Church and beaten by the catechumens, he embarks on a search for the highest form of divine love – agape.
About the author
Branko Schmidt was born in 1957 in Osijek, Croatia. He graduated directing at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb with drama Rano sazrijevanje Marka Kovača (1981). In 1988, he directed his first feature Sokol ga nije volio. Further on, he directed Đuka Begović (1991), Božić u Beču (1997), Kraljica noći (2001), Put lubenica (2006), Metastaze (2009), Ljudožder – vegetarijanac (2012), etc. He has also made the children’s TV series Operacija Barbarossa (1989).
Festivals and awards
Filmski festival glumca Vinkovci (Croatia)
Pulski filmski festival (Croatia) – Goldern Arena for Editing
Sarajevo Film Festival